Future Generations

Monday, January 25, 2010

International humanitarian activist Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan discusses her work to promote positive Arab-Western relations and talks about her contribution to the new book Actions Speak Loudest. Plus, WNYC education reporter Beth Fertig on the NYC public school closings; NPR’s Juan Williams on the week in politics ahead; and newly elected council member Daniel Dromm (D-Queens).

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Several NYC public school are on the chopping block. Beth Fertig, WNYC reporter and author of Why Can't You Teach Me 2 Read?, talks about the school closures. She's joined by Raina Banks, PTA president at PS 332 in Brooklyn, who has a parent's perspective on the closings.

The left wing talk radio network Air America went off the air last Friday, January 21. Anna Marie Cox, national correspondent for Air America, and Sam Seder, former host of The Sam Seder Show on Air America, join us to discuss the folding of the radio network.

Tishman Speyer Properties and BlackRock Realty have decided to turn over Stuy-Town and Peter Cooper Village to creditors. Charles Bagli, a reporter for the New York Times, and Benjamin Dulchin, deputy director for the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, join us to discuss what's next for the housing development ...

President Obama is set to deliver his first State of the Union address on Wednesday. What's your state of the union? What do you want him to say? Submit your speech and, using the tools at MixedInk, collaborate with others to edit the final draft, borrow passages you like, and ...

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